Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center
955 Germantown Pkwy, Cordova, TN 38018 · Shelby County · (901) 754-1393
240 certified beds, about 163 residents a day · For profit - Limited Liability company · Medicare and Medicaid since 1989
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 445218 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on April 15, 2026, inspectors cited 4 health deficiencies (the Tennessee average is 4.4, the national average 9.2).
None of its 12 health citations since October 2019 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 3.61 hours per resident per day, against 3.80 across Tennessee and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.36 of those hours.
44.2% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Tennessee average 48.9%).
CMS links it to Ahava Healthcare, an affiliated group of 16 nursing homes.
Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 12 health citations on file.
April 15, 2026Standard inspection · 4 citations
- D Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, medical record review, and interview, the facility failed to complete an accurate Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment for 3 of 33 (Resident #3, #147 and #181) residents reviewed for MDS discrepancies.
- D Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Inspectors wroteBased on facility policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to maintain emergency supplies at the bedside for 1 of 1 (Resident #11) sampled residents reviewed for tracheostomy (a surgically created opening in the neck to help with breathing) care.
- D Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure that an account of all controlled medications was accurately reconciled for 1 of 10 medication carts (700 Hall Medication Cart #4).
- D Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to maintain and ensure the prevention and spread of infection when 4 of 8 (the Infection Preventionist Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) A and B, and Registered Nurse (RN) C) staff failed to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during wound care, failed to use proper hand hygiene, and failed to clean reusable equipment between residents.
March 17, 2026Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- D Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Inspectors wroteBased on personnel file review, facility document review and interview, Administration failed to ensure that nursing services were provided by qualified personnel when the facility hired an imposter nurse (Imposter Nurse A) to function as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) using another LPN's (LPN C) Tennessee license on 2 separate occasions. Imposter Nurse A worked at the facility from 02/13/2023 to 06/06/2023 and was hired a second (2nd) time at the facility from 05/03/2024 to 06/24/2024.
June 23, 2022Standard inspection · 7 citations
- F Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure food was stored, prepared, and served under sanitary conditions as evidenced by opened, unlabeled, undated food in the walk-in cooler and in the dry storage area, a mop lying in a bucket of dirty water near the stove during meal preparation, a dirty kitchen floor, a dirty deep fryer, a dirty convection toaster, a dirty food slicer, a scoop lying in the sugar bin, a Styrofoam cup lying in the raisin bran bin, carbon build-up on 2 sauté pans, opened, undated, unlabeled food items in the cooler, a dirty plate warmer, dirty 3-tiered cart, and a dirty tray line conveyor in the serving line area. The facility had a census of 133 with 105 of those residents receiving a tray from the kitchen.
- E Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure Activities of Daily Living (ADL) assistance were provided related to nail care, skin care, and facial hair for 4 of 6 sampled residents (Resident #27, #41, #58, and #115) reviewed for ADLs.
- E Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure enteral feedings with automatic flushes were infusing at the correct rate and failed to ensure enteral feedings and automatic flush bags were correctly labeled for 3 of 3 sampled residents (Resident #17, #65, and #94) reviewed for enteral feedings.
- E Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to provide the necessary respiratory care and services when a tracheostomy tubing condensation collection bag was lying on the floor, humidification bottles were on the floor, a dusty fan was blowing on a resident's tracheostomy, and there were no physician orders for oxygen for 4 of 4 sampled residents (Resident #23, #41, #44 and #45) reviewed for oxygen therapy.
- D Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, medical record review, and interview, the facility failed to provide information regarding a resident's right to formulate an Advanced Directive for 1 of 32 sampled residents (Resident #113) reviewed for Advanced Directives.
- D Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure the environment was free from accident hazards for 1 of 4 sampled residents (Resident #19) reviewed for accidents.
- D Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, medical record review, and interview, the facility failed to follow the pharmacy recommendations in a timely manner 1 of 5 sampled residents (Resident #12) reviewed for unnecessary medications.
October 9, 2019Standard inspection · 0 citations
Fire safety inspections
9 fire safety citations on file: 1 on April 15, 2026, 3 on June 23, 2022, 5 on October 9, 2019.
Every fire safety citation9 citations
- F Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
- D Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
- E Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
- D Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
- D Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
- D Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
- D Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.
Staffing
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 3.61 | 3.80 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.36 | 0.60 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 3.09 | 3.31 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 1.99 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.26 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 44.2% | 48.9% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 46.7% | 43.2% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 4.03 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 3.83 on weekdays and 3.09 on weekends, 19% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.36 in April to June 2025 to 3.61 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.61 | 0.36 | 3.83 | 3.09 | 0.0% | 0 of 90 | 163 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 3.74 | 0.39 | 3.93 | 3.25 | 0.0% | 0 of 92 | 157 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 3.55 | 0.32 | 3.67 | 3.25 | 0.0% | 0 of 92 | 164 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 3.36 | 0.30 | 3.50 | 3.04 | 0.6% | 0 of 91 | 169 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Tennessee, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.56 | 3.95 | 3.27 | 4.0% | 0.7% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Staff pay reports
Staff pay at this home
No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review.
Official wage estimates for Tennessee
| Job | Median | Middle half | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee, all employers | |||
| CNAs (nursing assistants) | $18.27 | $17.09 to $19.66 | 27,040 |
| LPNs and LVNs | $28.31 | $23.64 to $30.12 | 20,830 |
| Registered nurses | $39.18 | $36.28 to $45.79 | 72,200 |
| United States, nursing care facilities | |||
| CNAs (nursing assistants) | $20.67 | $17.91 to $22.55 | 534,270 |
| LPNs and LVNs | $33.86 | $30.05 to $37.40 | 188,210 |
| Registered nurses | $41.11 | $37.85 to $47.68 | 142,270 |
Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Tennessee | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 6.5 | 14.0 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 13.5 | 17.2 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 8.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 12.6 | 16.9 | 15.4 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 33.6 | 22.6 | 23.8 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 18.5 | 11.2 | 12.0 |
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: CORDOVA OPERATING GROUP LLC. CMS links this home to Ahava Healthcare, a group of 16 nursing homes averaging 2.4 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova Holdco LLC | 5% or greater direct ownership interest | Organization | 100% | 06/01/2019 |
| Bdv Inv Holdco, LLC | 5% or greater indirect ownership interest | Organization | 20% | 11/26/2024 |
| Ecm Holdings LLC | 5% or greater indirect ownership interest | Organization | 10% | 06/01/2019 |
| Niederman, Anshel | Managing control - governing body | Individual | 06/01/2019 | |
| Niederman, Anshel | Corporate officer | Individual | 06/01/2019 | |
| Dubert, Donni | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 06/01/2019 | |
| Nash, Dana | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 06/01/2019 | |
| Eisen, Menashe | Individual is an owner, partner or trustee of any ADP of the SNF | Individual | 03/25/2025 | |
| Philipson, Gabrielle | Individual is an owner, partner or trustee of any ADP of the SNF | Individual | 03/25/2025 | |
| Philipson, Raquel | Individual is an owner, partner or trustee of any ADP of the SNF | Individual | 03/25/2025 | |
| Dubert, Donni | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 03/25/2025 | |
| Nash, Dana | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 03/25/2025 |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Questions to ask on a visit
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 5 problems in this area, most recently on April 15, 2026: "Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed."
- How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on April 15, 2026: "Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist."
- When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on April 15, 2026: "Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment."
- What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on April 15, 2026: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
- Who is on the floor on Saturday and Sunday, and how many residents does each aide care for?Weekend nurse staffing here was 3.09 hours per resident per day, below the Tennessee average of 3.31.
Other nursing homes nearby
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- Applingwood Post Acute Cordova, 0 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 10 citations
- The Village at Germantown Germantown, 4.3 mi · 3 of 5 stars · 16 citations
- The Kings Daughters and Sons Bartlett, 5.1 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 9 citations
- Rainbow Rehab and Healthcare Bartlett, 5.1 mi · 1 of 5 stars · 13 citations
- Signature Healthcare of Primacy Memphis, 6.3 mi · 5 of 5 stars · 7 citations
- Iris Cove Health & Rehabilitation Memphis, 6.3 mi · 2 of 5 stars · 19 citations
- Waters of Memphis a Rehabilitation & Nursing Ctr Memphis, 6.3 mi · 1 of 5 stars · 13 citations
Tennessee contacts for a concern about a nursing home
These are the official offices in Tennessee. NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints.
- Inspections and complaints: Tennessee Health Facilities Commission, Division of Licensure and Regulation, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
- Resident advocate: Tennessee Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Department of Disability and Aging, 877-236-0013. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
Common questions
- What is Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center 3 out of 5 stars overall, with 3 for health inspections, 2 for staffing and 2 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center get at its last inspection?
- 4 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on April 15, 2026. The Tennessee average is 4.4.
- Has Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center been fined?
- CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
- Does Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center accept Medicaid?
- It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
- Who owns Cordova Wellness and Rehabilitation Center?
- CMS lists 12 owners and managers, and links the home to Ahava Healthcare. Legal business name: CORDOVA OPERATING GROUP LLC.
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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